5 kids of my own. 3 boys, 2 girls. Plus DD2s bf during uni holidays as his parents have emigrated. Plus 'adopted' 21yo DD (friend of eldest DD - her single mother died when she was in 6th form so she moved in with us) now back from uni. So, often 7 of them, aged 21 - 7.

We're used to the chaos. I'm No 5 out of 8 siblings. DH is eldest of 5.

Does anyone else get the question, how do you cope with that many DC?I don't think I have ever thought about "coping" I just get on with what ever needs doing regardless of how many DC i have or is that just me?

It's so nice there are so many of us, and loads like us 3DDs 1DS, I don't think 4 is larger everyone else does though.

We're definitely stopping at 4, SPD pregnancies I don't think I could cope being pregnant again, feel its unfair on the others plus they all have their own bedrooms now and if we had another 2 would have to share plus the cost plus the sheer mental and physical exhaustion. In saying that I am very sad that my baby DS is turning 3 next month.

4 Dc's here. 3 ds and 1 dd. Oldest is 15 and youngest is 2. Crazy to think that we spent years deciding whether to go for a third and within a year of having ds3, I was expecting a fourth! How did that happen?

A bit late but the school holidays nearly wiped me outI have 5 boys ( 12,10,10,5,8mths).I know another mum with 4boys inc. twins& another with 5 boys. Makes a huge difference to find people with similar families

Another junior member here. 4dc's from 14 - 2, 3dd's and 1ds. Big gaps between them all. If I was younger and could afford some help in the house, I definitely would have more but I think I'm done now, although sometimes I still think what if. Would love to have another ds to even out the numbers, and just the experience of raising another ds.

notnagging, I work full-time, though am able to work from home one day a week. I always have, so just seems normal to me (I'm pregnant with no.6). If you have hands-on dp and share out staying-at-home when dcs are sick it is very doable